Document history for user guide - MediaLive

Document history for user guide

The following table describes the documentation for this release of AWS Elemental MediaLive

  • API version: latest

ChangeDescriptionDate

Workflow monitor

Analyze AWS media services and create signal maps, visualizations of the media workflow, between those services. Use the signal maps to generate monitoring alarms and notifications using CloudWatch, EventBridge, and AWS CloudFormation.

April 11, 2024

MediaLive alerts

We have added more alerts to the list of MediaLive alerts. Previously, some alerts were omitted in error.

January 9, 2024

Color space using 3D LUT files

The guide now includes a section on the recently added feature to convert color space using 3D LUT files for color mapping.

December 13, 2023

Color space

The guide includes a second section about handling color space. It covers converting and passing through color space when you are working with source video that has dependable color space metadata and that doesn't include an unsupported color space.

December 13, 2023

IAM access for thumbnails

The guide has been updated to describe the IAM access you need to set up when enabling the thumbnails feature.

October 25, 2023

IAM access for trusted entity for AWS Elemental Link devices

The section about setting up MediaLive as a trusted entity for a Link device has been revised to clarify that only one operation in Secrets Manager is required.

September 19, 2023

Permissions for an AWS Elemental Link device

The guide has been updated to include information about permissions that the user needs to work with a Link device.

September 11, 2023

AWS Elemental Link device as the source for a MediaConnect flow.

The guide has been updated to include information about how to set up a Link device as the source for a MediaConnect flow. This new functionality is in addition to the existing ability to set up the device as the source for a MediaLive input.

September 11, 2023

Detaching an input

The guide now includes information about how to detach an input from a channel.

September 7, 2023

Passing through KLV metadata

AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports the ability to extract KLV metadata from an input and to pass it through in TS outputs.

August 24, 2023

Device transfer to another Region

The user guide has been updated to describe the existing feature to transfer a device to another AWS Region.

August 14, 2023

Link Availability Zone control

Link devices have added a new feature that lets you associate each device with a specific AWS Availability Zone.

August 1, 2023

SCTE 104 in SMPTE 2038

The section about SMPTE 2038 now includes previously missing information about extracting SCTE 104 messages. MediaLive has supported SCTE 104 messages since support for SMPTE 2038 was first introduced.

July 31, 2023

Permissions for trusted entity for thumbnails

The information about permissions for the trusted entity has been updated to include the permissions that MediaLive needs to store thumbnails in Amazon S3.

July 13, 2023

Thumbnails

The guide now includes information about the new thumbnails feature that lets you view a preview of the current input for the channel.

July 7, 2023

Channel and multiplex metrics with a 1 second period

The CloudWatch metrics for AWS Elemental MediaLive channels and multiplex now support a period as low as 1 second. This enhancement gives you the ability to monitor activity in your channels in real time.

June 26, 2023

Infrastructure security

The information in this section has been revised. Specifically, we now require TLS 1.2 and we recommend TLS 1.3.

June 24, 2023

Epoch locking and SCTE 35

The guide has been updated to describe a constraint with setting up a channel with epoch locking when an HLS or MediaPackage output group includes SCTE 35 messages. This constraint applies only to epoch locking. It doesn't apply to regular pipeline locking.

June 24, 2023

Data protection

The information in this section has been revised. Specifically, we now require TLS 1.2 and we recommend TLS 1.3.

June 24, 2023

Corrections to delivery to AWS Elemental MediaPackage

The information for using HLS output groups to deliver to MediaPackage using the standard MediaPackage API and using the MediaPackage v2 API have both been revised to correct errors, particularly in the examples for the MediaPackage channel URLs.

May 31, 2023

AWS Elemental Link reorganization

The information about AWS Elemental MediaLive has been reorganized into three main sections, one in Features, one in the setup topics in the navigation bar, and one in the operations topics in the navigation bar.

May 31, 2023

Timecode configuration

The section about timecode has been renamed to timecodes and timestamps. The section has also been revised to clarify how timecode works in MediaLive.

May 22, 2023

Pipeline locking

This section has been revised to clarify some points. Pipeline locking now works with a channel that has multiple inputs (a channel that implements input switching). Inputs must have an embedded timecode. The timecode configuration field in General Configuration for the channel has no effect on pipeline locking.

May 22, 2023

Correction to pipeline locking

This section has been revised to remove incorrect information. Pipeline locking requires an embedded timecode in the input. But you don't need to set the timecode configuration source to embedded. MediaLive always looks for the embedded timecode.

May 22, 2023

Permissions for trusted entity for MediaPackage v2

The information about permissions for the trusted entity has been updated to include the actions required to deliver to an AWS Elemental MediaPackage channel that uses MediaPackage v2. For this delivery, you create an HLS output group.

May 17, 2023

Delivery to AWS Elemental MediaPackage v2

The guide includes information about setting up an HLS output group to deliver to a AWS Elemental MediaPackage channel that uses MediaPackage v2.

May 17, 2023

Input failover with a AWS Elemental MediaConnect input

The guide now includes information about setting up input failover to work well with a MediaConnect input that is from a flow that implements source redundancy.

May 12, 2023

Connection fields for downstream system for HLS output groups

There is now information about the fields that control reconnecting to the downstream system for an HLS output group.

May 5, 2023

Channel maintenance

The information about managing channel maintenance has been expanded.

May 4, 2023

Link UHD Dolby input support

The list of supported audio codecs for Link UHD inputs has been updated to include Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital Plus.

April 18, 2023

Tagging for AWS Elemental Link devices

AWS Elemental Link devices now support AWS resource tagging.

March 27, 2023

Reorganization of the guide

The guide has been reorganized to improve the flow. No content has been removed. The major changes are the following: Key procedures have been moved to the top level of the navigation panel. These sections are Creating a channel from scratch, Creating inputs, and Creating output groups and outputs, Creating output encodes, and Creating a schedule. Reservations has been moved to the start of the guide, combined with Pricing. And finally, the sections on working with resources are now grouped under Working with resources.

March 24, 2023

MediaLive alerts

The guide now includes a list of the alerts that MediaLive might generate when a channel is running

March 10, 2023

Correction to automatic input failover

We have corrected the description of how MediaLive handles a pipeline failure (scenario 1) in a standard channel. The text and the diagram have been revised.

March 3, 2023

Support for Dolby Digital Plus with Atmos

The list of supported output codecs now identifies the containers that support Dolby Digital Plus with Atmos.

February 21, 2023

Nielsen watermarks

The section about Nielsen watermarks has been updated to include the new field for specifying a local time zone.

February 20, 2023

Setting up MediaLive as a trusted entity

The section about setting up MediaLive as a trusted entity has been rewritten. The information has been reorganized. But there are no changes to the underlying rules for setting up a trusted entity.

February 14, 2023

Setting up IAM permissions

There is an update to the section about identifying permissions that you must assign to users and other AWS identities. The information has been reorganized. But there are no changes to the guidance, or to the list of services and actions.

February 14, 2023

AWS Identity and Access Management

Updated guide to align with the IAM best practices. For more information, see Security best practices in IAM.

February 14, 2023

Handling of SCTE 35 messages based on description

The chapter includes information that describes how MediaLive handles SCTE 35 messages depending on the ad avail mode and the segmentation descriptor in the message. This information has been corrected to clarify that in splice insert mode, messages with no segmentation descriptor are not treated as ad avails.

February 1, 2023

New metrics

The guide now includes information about the Dropped Frames metric and the SVQ Time metric.

January 26, 2023

Timecode burnin

The user guide now includes information about burning the timecode into output video.

January 20, 2023

Input loss handling

The guide now includes information about the existing input loss behavior feature. You can customize the way that MediaLive handles media when the video input into the channel is lost.

January 13, 2023

Dolby E input

There is a new section in the guide to describe MediaLive support for Dolby E audio input.

December 22, 2022

Dolby E audio input

The list of supported audio codecs for inputs has been updated to include Dolby E wrapped in PCM.

December 22, 2022

Link latency control

Link devices have added a new feature that lets you configure a buffer size (latency) for each device.

December 7, 2022

Converting to Dolby Vision 8.1

This section about converting to Dolby Vision 8.1 has been revised to clarify that when MediaLive encounters a portion of non-HDR10 content, it passes through the color space and color space metadata for that portion,

November 15, 2022

Color space

We have revised the procedure for handling color space. Specifically, we have provided more information about MediaLive support for Dolby Vision.

November 7, 2022

POIS signal conditioning of SCTE 35 messages

The guide now includes information about setting up a channel a POIS server to perform signal conditioning on SCTE-35 messages.

October 14, 2022

Reference topics

The reference topics have been moved out of the Features section and into their own Reference section.

October 5, 2022

Link network diagnostics

Link has added on-board network diagnostic tools.

September 8, 2022

Dolby Vision 8.1 profile support

AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports the Dolby Vision 8.1 profile color space.

September 8, 2022

Dolby Digital Plus with Dolby Atmos

There is a new section in the guide to describe MediaLive support for Dolby Digital Plus with Dolby Atmos audio.

September 8, 2022

Link remote software updates

Link devices can now be updated remotely using the MediaLive console.

July 19, 2022

Link remote reboot

You can reboot a Link device from the MediaLive console.

July 19, 2022

Reservation auto-renewal

This guide includes instructions on how to automatically renew reservations and purchase reservations for processing billable resources.

June 29, 2022

HLS accessibility captions

The user guide has been updated with information about designating accessibility captions in HLS and MediaPackage outputs.

June 29, 2022

AWS Elemental Link audio selectors

Audio selector guidance has been updated to reflect changes to the way Link devices encode input audio.

June 17, 2022

New AWS Elemental Link CloudWatch metrics

AWS Elemental Link CloudWatch metrics section has been updated with new metrics relating to packet delivery.

March 21, 2022

Frame rate compatibility

The user guide has been updated with guidance for ensuring compatibility between frame rates.

March 18, 2022

Removed single UHD output limitation

The user guide has been updated to remove the limitation of one UHD encode. This limitation still applies when using a CDI input.

February 28, 2022

AWS Elemental Link CloudWatch metrics

AWS Elemental Link now supports CloudWatch metrics.

January 21, 2022

Progam Date Time (PDT) Clock

The list of configurable fields for HLS output manifests has been updated to include the new PDT clock source selector.

January 7, 2022

Break segmentation type ID added

Documentation for a Break segmentation type has been added to Splice insert and Timesignal APOS tables.

December 8, 2021

Archive output HEVC support

Archive outputs now support H.265 (HEVC) codecs.

November 22, 2021

SCTE-35 input PID selection

AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports selecting a specific SCTE-35 PID value from the input.

November 19, 2021

Source video frame rate

The user guide now clarifies that MediaLive only supports constant frame rates (CFR) on input. Variable frame rates (VFR) are not supported.

November 12, 2021

DVB-Sub Passthrough

The user guide now clarifies that DVB-Sub captions present on input will be always be passed through to the output, regardless of PID and Language Code selection.

November 12, 2021

CloudWatch metric: Channel input error seconds

A new CloudWatch metric has been added. This metric tracks the number of seconds in which certain input types contain one or more unrecoverable packets.

November 12, 2021

Transport Stream file input

The user guide now documents the recently added Transport Stream (TS) file input support.

November 4, 2021

Nielsen watermarks

AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports the ability to create Nielsen watermarks.

October 28, 2021

Audio in an HLS input

We have updated HLS inputs to clarify that MediaLive now supports ingest of audio in rendition groups.

September 10, 2021

Akamai digest authentication

The user guide now documents correct settings when using digest authentication for an Akamai destination.

September 1, 2021

Maintenance windows

The user guide now documents the recently added maintenance window feature. This feature lets you control the timing of the maintenance that MediaLive routinely performs on channels.

August 26, 2021

Support for font styles with WebVTT captions

The user guide now documents the recently implemented feature to support passing the color and position style from the source captions to the output, when the output captions are WebVTT.

August 11, 2021

Extracting SCTE-35 message information from manifest

MediaLive now supports the ability to extract ad avail information from the manifest of an HLS input, and convert the information into SCTE-35 messages of type splice insert. You can then set up the channel to include those messages in outputs.

August 5, 2021

WebVTT output captions

MediaLive now supports the ability to produce WebVTT output captions by converting object-based source captions that are that are in DVB-Sub or SCTE-27 format. The section on supported captions and the section on working with captions have been revised.

June 18, 2021

Color space

We have revised the guidance for handling color space. We have also added information about ingesting color space metadata from an AWS Elemental Link device.

June 15, 2021

Addition to constraints: AWS Elemental Link UHD input charges

The user guide includes information about the charges for ingesting inputs from the type of device.

June 15, 2021

Amazon CloudWatch metrics

MediaLive now supports CloudWatch metrics. These metrics are published in the MediaLive namespace in CloudWatch.

June 1, 2021

Pipeline locking with UDP outputs

MediaLive now supports pipeline locking with UDP outputs.

May 26, 2021

Source video orientation

The user guide now clarifies that MediaLive only supports landscape video orientation.

May 25, 2021

Addition to constraints: input types for input switching

The user guide includes clarifications about the types of VOD inputs you can include in input switching.

May 25, 2021

Trick-play in MediaPackage output groups

You can now include a trick-play track in a MediaPackage output group.

May 4, 2021

Sharing and cloning output encodes

There is a new section in the guide to describe share or clone encodes within and among outputs in the channel.

May 4, 2021

Planning encode sharing

The section about designing encode outputs has been revised to provide guidance for sharing or cloning encodes within and among outputs in the channel.

May 4, 2021

Pipeline locking

There is a new section in the guide to describe how the existing pipeline locking feature works.

May 4, 2021

Revision to resiliency

We have revised the information on resiliency options in the channel. Several sections of the guide have been revised.

April 13, 2021

Clarification about properties that control output charges

The section on setting up the video encode in the channel now includes information about the fields (resolution, framerate, bitrate) that contribute to the calculation of charges for each output.

April 13, 2021

Calculation of output charges with QVBR rate control

There is now information about how to set the bitrate in order to ensure accurate output charges when using QVBR rate control.

April 13, 2021

Support for font styles with TTML captions

The user guide now documents the recently implemented feature to support passing the font styles from the source captions to the output, when the output captions are TTML.

April 12, 2021

Motion graphics overlay

AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports the ability to insert one motion graphics overlay on the video in a channel.

April 5, 2021

Support for Amazon S3 access control lists (ACLs)

The guide now includes information about the recently added support for ACLs when delivering outputs to Amazon S3.

March 30, 2021

MediaLive workflow wizard

The console now includes a workflow wizard that lets you quickly create a functioning channel.

March 3, 2021

Support for automatic input failover with CDI inputs

MediaLive now supports setting up two CDI inputs as automatic input failover pairs. To implement automatic input failover with CDI inputs, you must set up the two CDI inputs as partner inputs.

February 15, 2021

Addition to constraints: maximum number of audio selectors

The user guide now specifies the maximum number of audio input selectors in one channel.

February 3, 2021

Maximum frame capture outputs and encodes

Expansion of limits on the maximum number of frame capture encodes.

February 2, 2021

Image Media Playlist specification for trick-play

You can now include a trick-play track in an HLS output group. This track follows the Image Media Playlist specification, version 0.4.

February 2, 2021

Input clipping

There is now support for clipping a file input that is stored on an HTTP server.

February 1, 2021

Captions in CDI inputs

CDI inputs can now include captions.

February 1, 2021

Reorganization

The section on containers and codecs is now in two sections, one for input containers and codecs, and one for output containers and codecs.

January 27, 2021

New feature—Delivery via your VPC

You can now set up a channel to have output endpoints in Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC).

January 27, 2021

Quotas section moved

We have moved the chapter about quotas to the start of the guide.

December 11, 2020

Pricing section moved

We have moved the information about pricing out of the What Is chapter into its own chapter at the start of the guide.

December 11, 2020

Permissions for device transfers

The information about requirements for user access has been updated to include access to the operations for transferring devices. In this section, look for the term Devices.

December 4, 2020

Device transfer

The user guide has been updated to describe how to transfer a device to another AWS account.

December 4, 2020

AWS Elemental Link hardware devices

There is no longer a rule that each channel can have only one Elemental Link input attached to it. This means that you can now include Elemental Link inputs in a standard channel (a channel with two pipelines).

December 4, 2020

Revision to documentation for creating output groups

As part of the revision to the section about planning the workflow with the downstream system, we have revised the sections about configuring the destination in each type of output group.

November 9, 2020

Revision to documentation for creating inputs

As part of the revision to the section about planning the workflow with the upstream system, we have revised the procedures for creating each type of input.

November 9, 2020

Revision of information for designing the workflow

The section about designing the workflow has been revised and reorganized.

November 9, 2020

Revision of information for designing the channel

The section about designing the channel has been revised and reorganized.

November 9, 2020

AAC audio codec

We have added a section that lists the supported combinations of coding mode, profile, sampling rate, and bitrate for the AAC codec.

November 5, 2020

Addition to constraints: maximum number of schedule actions

The user guide now specifies the maximum number of actions that the channel schedule can contain.

October 2, 2020

Audio-only outputs

There is a new section in the guide to describe how to set up an output group that contains only audio.

September 4, 2020

EBU-TT-D output captions

MediaLive now supports EBU-TT-D captions in outputs. The section on supported captions and the section on working with captions have been revised.

July 24, 2020

Support for input prepare

The channel schedule now supports the ability to prepare an input that is associated with an immediate input switch, in order to reduce the delay that occurs when MediaLive performs the switch.

June 18, 2020

Full support for immediate mode for schedule actions

The channel schedule now immediate start type for all actions in the schedule.

June 18, 2020

Quotas for Elemental Link inputs

The table for MediaLive quotas now includes the quotas for Elemental Link inputs.

May 29, 2020

Permissions for devices

The information about requirements for user access has been updated to include access to devices. In this section, look for the term Devices.

May 29, 2020

Link input device

AWS Elemental MediaLive now includes the Link input device, which is the interface in MediaLive for an AWS Elemental Link device.

May 29, 2020

Ancillary data in SMPTE 2038

AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports the ability to extract specific ancillary data from a SMPTE 2038 stream in specific inputs.

May 29, 2020

AWS Elemental Link

AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports the ability to ingest content that is streaming from an AWS Elemental Link hardware device.

May 29, 2020

Enhanced VQ mode

AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports the ability to set up enhanced VQ mode in any H.264 video encode

May 6, 2020

Color space

AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports converting HDR color space to SDR color space in the outputs.

May 6, 2020

SCTE 35 schedule actions in follow mode

The channel schedule now supports the ability to enter actions to insert a SCTE 35 message in follow mode. You set up the action to follow an existing input switch action. MediaLive inserts the action when the input for that input switch ends.

April 24, 2020

Revision to documentation for creating output groups

The procedures for creating an output group and an output have been revised and reorganized.

April 23, 2020

Redundant HLS manifests

There is a new section in the guide to describe the recently added support for redundant HLS manifests.

April 23, 2020

Custom manifests in HLS output groups

There is a new section in the guide to describe the existing feature of customizing the paths for HLS manifests.

April 23, 2020

Section for changing channel class

The information on changing the channel class has been moved, to make it easier to find. The information is now in its own subsection in the MediaLive Channel section.

April 3, 2020

Resiliency section

The MediaLive Features section now includes a subsection that lists the various features that let you improve resiliency in the MediaLive channel. Several sections of the guide have been revised.

April 3, 2020

New feature—Automatic input failure

There is now support for setting up two inputs as an input failover pair, to provide resiliency in the channel when there are problems upstream of MediaLive.

April 3, 2020

Channel class

The MediaLive Features section now includes a subsection about channel class, which controls pipeline redundancy. Previously, the information about this existing feature was harder to find in the guide.

April 3, 2020

Timecode and timestamps

The user guide now includes information about configuring the timecode that you can include in outputs, including the supported standards for timecodes in the input and for timecodes in the output.

March 26, 2020

Audio rendition groups for HLS outputs

There is a new section in the guide to describe the existing feature of audio rendition groups in HLS outputs.

March 3, 2020

Input switching limitations

The rule that you can't have both MediaConnect inputs and VPC inputs attached to one channel no longer applies. That rule has been removed from the list of limits.

February 2, 2020

Number of frame capture outputs

A channel can now contain up to three frame capture output groups. Previously, it could contain only one.

January 31, 2020

New variable data identifier: $sn$ inserts the segment number of the video in the output.

AWS Elemental MediaLive supports a variable data identifier $sn$ to insert the ability to insert ID3 tags in every segment in HLS and MediaPackage outputs.

December 31, 2019

ID3 segment tagging

AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports the ability to insert ID3 tags in every segment in HLS and MediaPackage outputs.

December 31, 2019

Summary of rules and constraints

The user guide now includes a section that describes some of the rules and constraints that apply to AWS Elemental MediaLive.

December 12, 2019

IAM access requirements for multiplexes

The list of operations required for the multiplex feature has been revised to include ec2.DescribeAvailabilityZones.

December 12, 2019

Nielsen watermarks

AWS Elemental MediaLive now supports the abilty to convert Nielsen watermarks to ID3 metadata.

December 9, 2019

SCTE 35 schedule actions in immediate mode

The channel schedule now supports the ability to enter actions to insert a SCTE 35 message immediately. It previously supported insertion only at a fixed time.

November 25, 2019

Permissions for MediaLive multiplex

The information about requirements for user access has been updated to include access to the multiplex feature.

November 25, 2019

Multiplex and MPTS

You can now create a multiplex to produce an MPTS.

November 25, 2019

Color space

AWS Elemental MediaLive now includes options for converting color space and for handling video color space metadata.

September 12, 2019

Ad avails: manifest decoration in HLS

Now, in an HLS output group, you can enable manifest decoration but disable SCTE-35 passthrough. (Previously, you had to disable both features or enable both features in the same output group.)

September 12, 2019

Support for an immediate input switch

The channel schedule now supports the ability to enter a request to switch an input as soon as possible, which is immediate mode.

July 25, 2019

Support for an immediate input switch

The channel schedule now supports the ability to enter a request to switch an input as soon as possible (immediate mode).

July 25, 2019

Input clipping

You can now clip a file input so that MediaLive ingests only a portion of the file. The clipping instructions are included in the input switch action that you set up in the schedule.

July 25, 2019

Dynamic inputs

The input switching feature of the MediaLive schedule now supports switching to a dynamic input. With a dynamic input, you specify a different file each time you switch to the input.

July 25, 2019

Security information

The new Security chapter contains information about how to configure AWS Elemental MediaLive to meet your security and compliance objectives.

May 28, 2019

Quotas for VPC inputs

The table for MediaLive quotas now includes the quotas for VPC inputs.

May 3, 2019

Changing the channel class

You can now change the channel class for an existing channel

May 3, 2019

Changing the channel class

You can now change the channel class for an existing channel.

May 3, 2019

Standard channels and single-pipeline channels

You can now set up a channel with a single-pipeline. The Create channel page includes a Channel class field.

April 5, 2019

Permissions for trusted entity for VPC delivery

The information about permissions for the trusted entity has been updated to include the actions required to support the VPC delivery feature.

March 22, 2019

MediaPackage output group

There is a new output group type: MediaPackage, which lets your send output to AWS Elemental MediaPackage. This new output group type creates an HLS output that is streamlined for delivery to MediaPackage.

March 13, 2019

Support for pausing and unpausing a channel pipeline

The channel schedule now supports the ability to enter actions to pause and unpause a pipeline in a channel.

March 8, 2019

Support for encrypted HLS source

MediaLive now supports ingest of encrypted HLS sources.

March 5, 2019

Push inputs from your VPC

You can create an RTP push input or an RTMP push input to push content from an upstream system that is in your Amazon VPC to MediaLive. Several chapters have been updated, including the chapter about inputs and the chapter about creating a channel from scratch.

February 20, 2019

Quotas for reservations

The table for MediaLive quotas now includes the quotas for reservations.

February 11, 2019

Tagging

There is now support for attaching tags to channels, inputs, input security groups, multiplexes, and reservations.

February 8, 2019

Frame capture output group

There is a new output group type: frame capture output group, to send a series of frame capture files to Amazon Simple Storage Service.

January 25, 2019

Integration with AWS CloudTrail

There is now support for logging MediaLive API calls with CloudTrail.

January 18, 2019

Integration with AWS Elemental MediaConnect

You can set up to use a flow from AWS Elemental MediaConnect as an input for a channel. Information has been added to the chapter about inputs and the chapter about creating a channel from scratch.

December 7, 2018

Revision to documentation for schedules

The channel schedule now supports the ability to enter actions to switch the channel from ingesting one input to another input. This chapter has been revised.

November 8, 2018

Input switching

There is now support for input switching. The channel must be set up with multiple inputs, and the schedule must contain actions to switch from one input to another. A new chapter on input switching has been added. In addition, information about multiple inputs (which are required for input switching) has been added in the existing chapters on planning and creating a channel.

November 8, 2018

Change in input quotas

Quotas for inputs are now split into three categories: push, pull, and VPC push.

November 8, 2018

QVBR rate control mode feature

There is a new option for the rate control field that is part of setting up the video encode in the outputs of a channel. The option is "quality-defined variable bitrate" (QVBR).

October 17, 2018

Doc-only update, Introduced RSS feed

You can now subscribe to RSS feeds for notifications of updates to this user guide.

June 21, 2018

Change Description Date
Requirement for redundant channels in AWS Elemental MediaPackage If your downstream system is AWS Elemental MediaPackage, there is no longer a requirement to set up two channels in that service. The sections Step 2: Set up the downstream system and Step 6: Arrange for delivery to downstream systems have been revised to reflect this change. August 31, 2018
Schedule feature There is now support for adding SCTE-35 messages and static image overlays to the channel's schedule, for inclusion in a running channel.

The sections Creating an AWS Elemental MediaLive schedule and Working with image overlays have been added.

August 24, 2018
Reservations feature There is now support for purchasing a reservation for processing. With a reservation, you pay a lower rate on specific processing. The section Working with reservations in AWS Elemental MediaLive has been added. June 19, 2018
Channel logs feature There is now support for sending log information to Amazon CloudWatch Logs. The sections Logging and Monitoring a channel using Amazon CloudWatch Logs have been added. The section Setting up IAM permissions for users has been revised to include setup for logs. June 13, 2018
Console alerts feature There is now support for viewing channel alerts on the console. See Monitoring channel activity in AWS Elemental MediaLive. The information on setting up for alerts has been moved to this chapter. June 6, 2018
Support for RTMP outputs Step 6: Arrange for delivery to downstream systems now includes RTMP. The section Creating an RTMP output group has been added. Captions categories now includes RTMP CaptionInfo. Formats supported in an RTMP output has been added. April 18, 2018
Input edit feature, Input security group edit feature Editing of an existing input and an editing of an existing input security group are now supported. See Editing an input Editing an input security group March 23,2018
Input delete feature, Input security group delete feature Deleting an input and deleting an input security group are now supported. See Editing an input Editing an input security group March 23, 2018
Creating a channel Creating a channel from scratch has been extensively revised, particularly with more information and examples on setting up destinations for output groups. March 23, 2018
Input specification feature Input specification fields ensure that the service allocates sufficient processing resources and correctly calculates processing charges. See Attach inputs to the channel. February 15, 2018
Channel edit feature Editing of the fields in an existing (saved) channel is now supported. See Editing a channel. February 15, 2018
Custom template feature Users can create custom templates from existing channels, and can import those templates into new channels. See Creating a channel from a template. February 15, 2018
New service and guide This is the initial release of MediaLive User Guide. November 27, 2017
Note
  • The AWS Media Services are not designed or intended for use with applications or in situations requiring fail‐safe performance, such as life safety operations, navigation or communication systems, air traffic control, or life support machines in which the unavailability, interruption or failure of the services could lead to death, personal injury, property damage or environmental damage.

  • A component of MediaLive is licensed under the AVC patent portfolio license for the personal and non-commercial use of a consumer to (i) encode video in compliance with the AVC standard ("AVC video") and/or (ii) decode AVC video that was encoded by a consumer engaged in a personal and non-commercial activity and/or was obtained from a video provider licensed to provide AVC video. No license is granted or shall be implied for any other use. A component of MediaLive is licensed under the mpeg-4 patent portfolio license for the personal and non-commercial use of a consumer for (i) encoding video in compliance with the mpeg-4 visual standard (“mpeg-4 video”) and/or (ii) decoding mpeg-4 video that was encoded by a consumer engaged in a personal and non-commercial activity and/or was obtained from a video provider licensed to provide AVC video. No license is granted or shall be implied for any other use. Additional information may be obtained from MPEG-LA, LLC. See http://www.mpegla.com.

  • MediaLive may contain Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital Plus, which are protected under international and U.S. copyright laws as unpublished works. Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital Plus are confidential and proprietary to Dolby Laboratories. Their reproduction or disclosure, in whole or in part, or the production of derivative works therefrom without the express permission of Dolby Laboratories is prohibited. © Copyright 2003-2015 Dolby Laboratories. All rights reserved.